Parcel-binder



A. L. STANSELL.

PARCEL BINDER.

APPLICATION HLED FEB-20. 191s.

Patented Apr. 6, 1920.

ARTHUR LEROY STANSELL, OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

PARCEL-BINDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented 1119126, 1920.

Application filed February 20, 1919. Serial No. 278,167.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR L. STANsELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Nashville, in the county of Davidson and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Parcel- Binders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in parcel binders.

The object of my invention is to provide a binder of this character in which a bundle of letters, papers or the like, may be firmly bound together and at the same time providing means whereby the binding cord is securely held without tying knots and can be readily released when it is desired to undo the parcel.

Another object of my invention is to pro vide a binder of this character in which the cord holding cleats are so constructed that they will not cut or injure the cord and thereby allowing the use of the binder for an unlimited time.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a simple, cheap and effective binder of this character having certain details of structure and combination of parts hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a parcel showing my improved binder applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the improved tie.

Fig. 3 is an end view of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrow.

Fig. a is an enlarged side elevation of one of the cleats.

Fig. 5 is top plan view of the cleat shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged side elevation of the other cleat.

Fig. 7 is a top plan view of the cleat shown in Fig. 6.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 represents an elongated plate having at one end an opening 2, in which is tied the binding cord 3, which extends around the package 4 and secured as hereinafter more fully described. The opposite end of the plate is provided ith a right angle bent portion 5, which eX- tends down along the side of the parcel, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and pro vided at its lower ends with the upwardly bent prongs G and 7 forming a guideway 8, in which the cord passes, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The plate 1 at the junction of the right angle bent portion is slotted, as indicated at 9, so that the cord passes there through as it passes over the corner of the binder and engages directly the package, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The plate is provided on each edge adjacent each end with downwardly bent lugs 9, which engage the package and prevent the slipping of the plate on the parcel. These lugs are especially designed to prevent the slipping of the plate during the tying operation and especially while the cord is being passed lengthwise around the parcel, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

The plate 1, approximately midway between the outer end and the bent portion 5 is provided with two cleats 10 and 11. The cleat 10 is formed of a flat piece of metal having one corner turned upward as indicated at 12. The cleat 10 is secured to a shim 13, which is secured to the plate or the cleat and shiin may be secured to the plate by the same means. The cleat 10 and shim 13 may be made integral. The cleat 10 adjacent the upwardly turned corner is provided with a rearw-ardly extending finger portion 11, which is curved downwardly as indicated at 15, below the upper face of the plate 1, and has its end terminating at a point slightly below the cleat, as shown.

The cleat 11 is on the opposite side of the plate 1 from the cleat 10, and consists of an elongated portion 16 secured to a shim 1'7, which is secured to the plate or may be formed in the same manner as described in respect to the cleat 10. The elongated portion 16 is provided with a rearwardly downwardly bent finger portion 19, the lower edge or" which is slightly below the upper edge of the plate 1, as shown in Fig. 6.

Operation. The letters, sheets or the like, are stacked in an even pile and the plate 1 placed therewhich draws the plate tightly down upon the letters causing the lugs 9 to grip the same. The cord is brought to the center of the plate and passed under the cleat 10 and around between the cleat and finger 14,. which firmly grips the cord and holds it and the packageis tied crosswise. The package is then turned with the end toward you and the cord continued around in the direction it assumes in passing it under the finger 1-4, around the end adjacent you andunder the lower face of the package around the opposite end and under the cleatv 11. The cord is then brought in between the finger 19, which grips the cord and thoroughly secures the package. 7

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: 1 V

1. A binder of the character described, comprising a plate, two cleats carried by the plate, each cleat having a hook finger extending from its outer edge and the hooks projecting in opposite directions.

2. A binder of the character described, comprising an elongated plate having lugs at its sides, one end of the plate having a right angle portion, a cord secured to the opposite end and two cleats secured on opposite edges of the plate intermediate its ried by the plate intermediate its ends and having gripping fingers carried by the outer edges, the finger of one cleat extending in the opposite direction from that of the finger of the other cleat.

4. A binder of the character described, comprising a plate, a cord attached to said plate, a cleat secured to the plate and comprising a body-portion spaced from the plate and having a turned up corner and. a finger extending parallel the-body por tion and looped downwardly below the plane of the upper face of the plate. 7

5. A binder of the character described, comprising a plate, two cleats carried by the plate, each cleat extending longitudinal the plate, a hooked finger at the opposite ends of said cleats, the hooked fingers extending in opposite directions and approximately parallel the cleats.

6. A binder of the character described,

comprising a plate having a rectangular 3811i, portion at one end and a slot cut longitudinal the plate and through the angle of the bend and projecting beyond the bend in both directions, a cord attached to the opposite end of the plate,vand a cleat on the upper side of the plate for the attachment to the free end of the cord. V V 7 7. A binder ofthe character described,

comprising a plate having a rectangular bent portion at oneend, the bent end having slot cut through itslength and extending through the bend and into the plate proper, a cord attached to the other end of the plate, and, adapted to pass through the slot, and a cleat carried by the plate for the attachment of the free end, of the cord. E

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses. ARTHUR. LEROY STANSELL. lVitnesses M. E. VILLIAMS, T. HAYNES HARVIE. 

